Re: pro-anything

On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, FFlores wrote:

I think what's going on here is pronoun =3D noun + var. attributive words.=
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Thus "it" =3D "the large green ball"; but we can't say "the large green it"=
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(Except in horror movies.)  The pronoun takes care of all the other words
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I don't think you can say "la grande esa verde" in Spanish, for example.=20

> Almost. You can't modify a pronoun with an adjective
> (in English, at least), except in constructions like
> "Angry and frustrated, he walked" which would be more
> like short for "Feeling angry..." (i. e. adverbial, not
> adjectival).
I think those are nominative absolutes; which I believe were borrowed from
Latin usage.  Absolute constructions don't modify anything, and so don't
break the adj. + pron. rule.  Someone better versed in English (or Latin)
grammar please correct me if I'm wrong!

Padraic.

> --Pablo Flores
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> En gian idgrivar fr=FAmneltel frasi=E9rraser gian pavonn
> be i malladhar siqged=FCer.
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> "Don't blame your enemy for your disgrace=20
>  if you've just given them a chance."
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> (Traditional Dr=E1selhadh saying)
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